70 Years of Independence | Cassandra Faye Van-Heer
What does it mean to be Sri Lankan? 70 years after independence, our identity is defined mostly along majoritarian lines, which can be traced back to the divisions created under British rule….
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70 Years of Independence | Sriyal Nilanka
What does it mean to be Sri Lankan? 70 years after independence, our identity is defined mostly along majoritarian lines, which can be traced back to the divisions created under British rule….
70 Years of Independence | Dr Farzana Haniffa
What does it mean to be Sri Lankan? 70 years after independence, our identity is defined mostly along majoritarian lines, which can be traced back to the divisions created under British rule….
70 Years of Independence | Praviinaa Raviraj
What does it mean to be Sri Lankan? 70 years after independence, our identity is defined mostly along majoritarian lines, which can be traced back to the divisions created under British rule….
Trailer | 70 Years of Independence
Independence Day is usually celebrated with pageantry and military parades – seen by many as cause for celebration. This year, Sri Lanka marks 70 years since we gained Independence. What does this…
Poll: Reader Reactions to CoI report on Central Bank bond issue
On January 10, Parliament will convene for a session to discuss the report released by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Bond Issuance of the Central Bank, which was handed over…
Introducing #snapshotlka – Our Hashtag on Instagram
invite their followers on Instagram to follow #snapshotlka, as the platform recently announced the launch of a new feature allowing users to follow hashtags, in the same way as following an Instagram…
The Year in Photos
As 2017 draws to a close, Groundviews shares a selection of photos taken over the course of the year, covering a variety of issues, from displacement and militarisation in the North to…
#justaphotolka : Highlighting and Pushing Back Against Ongoing Surveillance in Vavuniya
On November 24, two youth were questioned in Vavuniya around posts they had made on Facebook. One of the photos was of the Divisional Secretariat of Vavuniya North, Nandukerni, and specifically, a…
Soundbites and sound bytes: Future of digital conversations in Sri Lanka
Even before the end of the war in 2009, but certainly after it, conversations on society, politics, culture, religion and other vital matters are moving online to digital spaces, or are increasingly…
Colombo: The making of a world class city
‘Colombo – the making of a world class city’, a photography exhibition that interrogates and critiques post-war city making in Colombo opens this weekend at the Global Voices Summit 2017 at Trace…
Floating Space Theatre Co. presents ‘rite | now’ at Global Voices Summit
How much do we remember of the time before the internet? How much of ourselves will we leave behind because of the internet, and how much of this do we imagine we…
Sri Lanka’s Digital Future to Take Centre Stage At Global Voices Summit
The international citizen media network, Global Voices, will be holding their biennial Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 2-3, 2017. The event will take place at TRACE Expert City in Maradana,…
Breaking Down the Interim Report: On Proposals for Devolution and the State
October 30 marked the beginning of a Parliamentary debate around the recently released draft interim report on constitutional reform by the Steering Committee in the Constitutional Assembly. In order to better inform the commentary…
Constitutional reform, communications & political transformation: An interview with Mark Freeman
Mark Freeman is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT). As noted on IFIT’s website, Mark is a Belgian and Canadian citizen. He is a leading expert…